Informing IT system Web site design through normalisation

Taylor, Mark; Wade, S.; England, David

doi:10.1108/10662240310501621

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“…Users of an online system will have a range of technical skill levels, and will access the system through a variety of connection mechanisms, using an assortment of hardware. This diversity contrasts sharply with the development of an organisational system, which requires standardised connections and hardware, and whose operators have known, minimum technical standards (Taylor et al 2003). Useability must be a primary objective of an online tool, Guenther (2004) stated that having a clear set of objectives for the user helps to make the online system a high value one.…”

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Sleep disorder diagnosis: the design and implications of online tools

Blake

Kerr

2014

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Sleep disorders are a significant and growing problem, both for the economy of the nation and for the physical and psychological well-being of individual sufferers. The purpose of this research was to investigate the operational, administrative and medical environment within which sleep physicians currently diagnose patients with sleep disorders and develop an online support system that would more efficiently gather patient history data, and so improve the effectiveness of patient-physician consultations, the diagnoses, and patients' self-management of any subsequent treatment plans. The development of the online tools used a design science approach and those tools evaluated for usefulness and ease of use by physicians and the general population. The physicians found that the patient history information was in a form that facilitated assimilation with the removal of routine data collection allowing a more targeted or shorter consultation. The users found the application easy to use and that it made them think about their sleep quality. The implications for future practice of sleep disorder diagnosis and the value of the collection of patient history which would be available for analysis is also discussed.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sleep disorder diagnosis: the design and implications of online tools

Blake

Kerr

2014

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“…Another structural design technique taught was that of web site normalization. Web site normalization takes the established database design technique of data normalization and extends and adapts it to the normalization of web site material (Taylor et al, 2003). In this manner it is intended to produce web site structural designs that reduce duplication of web site material and identify the most appropriate navigational elements (or keys) that can be used to navigate through the web site material.…”

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Teaching web site design: science or art?

Taylor

Salces

Duffy

2005

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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In this paper we discuss an approach to teaching web site design to higher education (HE) students that attempts to balance the artistic and scientific aspects of the web site design process. The design of IT systems has traditionally been viewed as a technical activity. However, unlike existing types of IT systems, an organization's web site is available to the general public, and as such needs to be designed in a different manner, with far more emphasis on presentation and ease of use than existing types of IT systems. This is necessary since if the web site is not appealing to the user they can simply choose another web site, and potential customers or clients are lost. Hence, students need to be taught how to incorporate both artistic and scientific aspects when designing a web site.

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“…Users of an online system will access it through a broad variety of connection mechanisms, with a wide variety of hardware and technical skill levels. This compares to the development of an organisational system with standardised connection, hardware and a known minimum technical standard (Taylor, Wade, & England, 2003). Useability must be a primary objective of an online tool, with Guenther (2004) stating that having a clear set of objectives for the user helps to make the online system high value.…”

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Development of an online sleep diary for physician and patient use

Blake

Kerr

2010

Knowledge Management &Amp; E-Learning: An International Journal

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This paper describes the development of an electronic sleep diary and outlines its advantages over the traditional paper based approach still used by many sleep centres throughout the world. A sleep diary is a record of sleep details filled in by a patient normally over a period of two weeks. This information is then used by a physician as a diagnostic tool for identify sleep disorders in the patient. The development method used was convergent interviews with sleep specialists in order to establish initial requirements. This was followed by a rapid prototyping approach in order to produce the final specification. This paper concludes that an online sleep diary is a low cost, viable alternative offering benefits to both patients and physicians. The benefits to patients include the ability to perform functional analysis of their own sleep habits (referred to as sleep hygiene) and to determine factors affecting their sleep patterns. This knowledge leads to greater patient understanding of their circumstances and can lead to a potential increase in patient, physician collaboration. The physician gains access to timely accessible patient information as well as to an evidence database that will allow for greater analysis of sleep disorders throughout the general public over time.

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Informing IT system Web site design through normalisation

Cited by 10 publications

References 30 publications

Sleep disorder diagnosis: the design and implications of online tools

Sleep disorder diagnosis: the design and implications of online tools

Teaching web site design: science or art?

Development of an online sleep diary for physician and patient use

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